Catamenial bandage.



L. W, LUELLEN.

CATANIENIAL BANDAGE.

APPLIC .:"|0N FILED 55m11.191s.

l 92,439. Patented July 25, 19M.

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Application filed September 11, 1913.

new article of manufacture, a catamenial.

bandage of a form which will conform to and afford complete protectionto the body of` the nser and retentive capacity for the menstrual discharge.

In thek accompanying drawings, have illustrated aneinbodiment of myinvention in which,

Figure l. is a perspective View of a catainenial bandage made inaccordance there with. Fig'. :2 is a longitudinal sectional View, andFig. 3 is a. cross-sectional'view thereof taken on line awo of Fig. 2.

In carrying my invention into practice,

use a covering or envelop of soft absorbent fabric e preferably cottonWoven in tube form with a filling of cotton b or other suitableabsorbent material distributed through out an' intermediate portion ofthe tube covering. I then stitclitbe ends of the filling and thecovering together as at l forining a complete closure for the fillingand insurfing its retention in an evenly distributed condition. Whenformed in. this manner, coveringuis provided with free ends i? ofsuperimposed layers of sufficient length to be attached to the apparelof the user by any suitable means. i then take the bandage and impart toit its ping tbe same into individual packages suitable for distributionthrough vending machines.

' will proceed to describe the method employed. for wrapping ,andpacking the bandage into its iinal commercial form 'which imparte to itthe desired shape` which it astrai portion.

`seines .iipon being abstracted or removed from its package. y

The edges 3 and 4 of one of the free ends 3 are reversed or folded ovenpon tbe cenln this position, the end is rolled on mandrel when tbethickened poraan `enanas: earner enteren.,

LAWRENCE W'. LTIELLEIL 0F MONTAIN LAKES, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR lIltllINDI- VIBUAL DRINKNG CUP CMPANY, OF NEW oaTAMENIAL Beltonen.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

one which Vpossesses great final form and f preferably do this bymachinery when Wrap- YORK, CN'. Y., il. CORPGRATION OF iatented July 25,i916. sensi no. masas. i

tion caused by tbe iilling is reached, suitable guide plates ormechanism is brought into engagement with the edges 5 and 6 as thebandage passes through the 'wrapping machine. The material along theseedges is caused to be rolled toward the centervof the bandage and tor beslightly compressed.

This causes the .longitudinali edges 7 and 8 -running lengthwise of thebandage to become thickened, so that the central portion 9 will besomewhat depressed and lowered yso as to form a tronglrlilre structureas illustrated. This operation also narrows or reduces the width of thebandage when it is delivered in its rolled form ready for Wren ping.

, The bandage is caused to retain its shape rowing; to the'fact that itis formed and package form and; re=

tightly wound into tained under compression, so that when removed fromthe package, it assumesy the trough-like formation shown more clearly inFig. 2. A

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new herein and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a substantially rectangularcatalneniai bandage c'on'iprising a woven tube of absorbent fabric witha filling of trough-like formation. distributed through'- out anintermediate portion thereof, said material being stitched at its endsvto the fabric. y

2. As a. new article of manufacture, a substantially rectangularcatainenial bandage comprising superimposedflayers oi absorbent fabricwith a filling of absorbent material distributed throughout amintermediate` portion thereof, said material being in the form of a.trough with its edges in lengthn/isenirection relatively thicker thanits central portion,

As a. new article of mitamenial fbandage comprising snperi1nposed layersci absorbenty `tabrio with a. filling body of absorbent materialpocleted therein and stitched at its ends thereto, the

n Uli edges of said absorbent material 1n length- 'wise direction beinetliicker than the inter mediate center portion.

4. As a. new article of `mannfacture, a catamenial bandagecomprisingsuperimposed layers ot absorbent fabric with a iilling body'ofabsorbent material pocketed manufacture, a

absorbent material of" therein and stitched at its ends thereto, saidbody of-ahsorbent' material being tapered toward its ends with its edgesin lengthwise directionA thicker than the intermediate A5 center portionso as to form a trough ex- .tending .substantially lengthwise between lthickened portions thereof.

ln witness whereof I have hereunto set Witnesses.

my hand in the presence two subscribing

